Hello and welcome to psychic teachers. I am your host, Deb Bowen. And I'm Samantha Faye. And we're just so happy that you are with us on our monthly Q&A for our December edition of this show. We love doing this show. We love answering your questions. We never get to them all. But we're so happy to be with you this month with our December

edition of this show. But before we begin to answer your questions, as you know, we have a

crystal of the week, an animal person of the week, and probably a lot more information. So, Samantha,

would you like to start with our crystal, please? Sure.

Our crystal of the week is Apache Tier, and I wanted to, rather than telling you what the

stone means for me, I wanted to read a quick little story, if you all don't mind indulging

me, from firstpeople.us website.

It says Apache Tier is a form of black obsidian. It's a calming translucent

stone found in Arizona and other parts of the United States. There's a hunting legend about the

Apache tier. After the Apaches had made several raids on a settlement in Arizona, the military

regulars and some volunteers trailed the tracks of the stolen cattle and waited for Don to attack the Apaches.

The Apaches' continent and the safety of their location were completely surprised and outnumbered.

Nearly 50 of the 75 Apache warriors were killed in the first volley of shots.

The rest of the tribe were treated

to the cliff's edge and showed death by leaping over the edge rather than die at the hands of the

military. For years afterward, those who ventured up the treacherous face of big Pacahou

and Arizona found skeletons or could see the bleached bones wedged in the crevices of the side of the cliff.

The Apache woman and the lovers of those who had died gathered a short distance from the base of the cliff where the sands were white, and for a moon they wept for their dead.

They mourned greatly, for they realized that not only had their 75 brave Apache warriors died, but with them had died the great fighting spirit of the Apaches.

Their sadness was so great and their burden of sorrow so sincere, but the great father embedded into black stones the tears of the Apache women who mourned their dead.

These black obsidian stones, when held the light, revealed the translucent tear of the Apache.

The stones are said to bring good luck to those possessing them.

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